Independent Thinking Intensive Day Courses

Engagement in Learning and Leadership

• Outstanding leadership through outstanding learning, behaviour and personal
   growth
• How to boost self-esteem, self-belief and self-efficacy in staff and young people
• Discover the school culture you want and create it

Presented by: Mike Brearley Mike Brearley

Mike is an international trainer, author and former headteacher. Over the last 12 years his research has brought into fruition the 'Odyssey Project'. Academically proven by Birkbeck College, this project celebrates an approach that increases the engagement of pupils through the innovative and shared leadership of staff. This course delves into methods of achieving outstanding leadership through outstanding learning, behaviour and personal growth.


DATES:
21st November Manchester
29th November London


Odyssey & school leadership in 2012

• Deliver the new Ofsted framework by rising above it
• Self-esteem, self-belief and self-efficacy in staff and young people
• Discover the culture you want and create it
• Know how to move from where you are to where you want to be
• The Matrix Curriculum – the growth of learning and leadership

Who should attend

• Heads and Principals
• Heads of Departments & Year Groups

Fuel and sustain staff engagement

• Identify gaps between the current and desired school culture
• Dissolve barriers to organisational change
• Instil responsibility and build relationships through emotional intelligence
• Allow creativity and communication through positive dialogue
• The secret of flocking – in the classroom and staffroom
• Engagement at all 3 levels:
  - Teachers – Transform the classroom with 12 steps of the hero's learning journey
  - Senior leaders – Unite the school in a common purpose with 12 steps to hero
    school status
  - Students – Embed self-assessment through learning journals

Empower your staff to enact classroom change

• Create a class community of enquiry
• Develop creative approaches to AfL
• Lead students to be open, confident and motivated